Emery targets Premier League title with Arsenal

Gazidis said: "Unai has an outstanding track record of success throughout his career, has developed some of the best young talent in Europe and plays an exciting, progressive style of football that fits Arsenal perfectly. We were in the fortunate position of being able to make our first choice".

"Our first interview was on 25 April and our last was on the 15 May. A formal recommendation was supported by a 100-page dossier and all of the members were energised by our decision". "All of the board members were energised and enthusiastic about the recommendation and enthusiastically endorsed it", Gazidis said.

"The thing that distinguished him above all that was the chemistry between us and the feeling for football in the room".

Gazidis played a key role in Emery's appointment, along with head of football relations Raul Sanllehi and head of recruitment Sven Mislintat. We're confident that he is the right person for the job and that he will work to deliver the triumphs our fans, staff and everyone who cares about Arsenal want.

Emery worked with Verratti at PSG and Keown wants Arsenal's manager to strike a deal for the Italian - or someone of that ilk at least. He suggested that he did not envisage wholesale changes to the playing squad, which finished in sixth place over this past Premier League campaign.

"It is very important for the club after two years outside the Champions League to work this way, to be the best club, the best team in the Premier League and also in the world".

During his two-year spell with the French giants, he also won four domestic cups, having joined from Sevilla in 2016.

Guardiola and Emery faced each other during their respective Barcelona and Valencia tenures, with the latter going on to Sevilla and a glorious run of three consecutive UEFA Europa League triumphs.

It seems significant that Emery's title is that of head coach rather than manager and he has been asked to concentrate his efforts on coaching and man-managing the first-team.

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